Fbbeuaby 1, 1906. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review^ 



709 



House of Carnation Robert G-aig at the Cottage Gardens, Queens, N. Y. 



Gaedeke by telephone, requested him, 

 after explaining the situation, to find 

 seven men, procure tickets and certificates 

 for the same and send the men to Boston. 

 Having only one nour to find the seven 

 men and receiving the message in the 

 midst of a large funeral order meant 

 some good, quick headwork, but with his 

 usual habit of hustle Mr.. Gaedeke landed 

 his men at the Copley Square hotel at 

 8:40 p. m. vrith the necesasry certificates, 

 thus saving members from a distance be- 

 tween $400 and $500. Geo. E. Buxton. 



A WARD HOUSE. 



To the large body of carnation grow- 

 ers who have managed to turn out mar- 

 ketable stock from pretty nearly ' ' any 

 old kind" of a greenhouse, the accom- 

 panying illustration will be of special 

 interest as showing * ' the latest wrin- 

 kles. " This is one of the houses at the 

 Cottage Gardens, Queens, N. Y., where 

 many growers go, not only to see the 

 latest things in carnations and peonies, 

 but also to have a look at the newest 

 ideas put into the visible form of green- 

 houses. Mr. Ward is certainly nothing 

 behind the moment in his practices and 

 has, indeed, been accused of being a 

 little in advance of the times in some 

 of his ideas; at least he must be given 

 credit for the courage to invest early 

 in anything which promises to be of ad- 

 vantage in the conduct of his business. 



Quite naturally the disseminator of a 

 novelty gives it good space in his place 

 and it is Robert Craig that occupies the 

 beds in the house illustrated. The photo- 

 graph was taken early last November. 

 The house is wide, of iron throughout 

 and with continuous ventilation on both 

 sides of the ridge. It will be noticed 

 that the sash are operated by an auto- 

 matic ventilating machme which Mr. 



Ward has had in use for several years 

 and has found very satisfactory. It is 

 made by the Chadburn Mfg. Co., New- 

 burg, N. Y. 



One of the interesting features of this 

 house is that in the left foreground a 

 pure white sport of Eobert Craig is 

 shown. 



Vegetable Forcmg. 



VEGETABLE MARKETS. 



Chicago, January 31. — Cucumbers, 40c 

 to $1.50 doz.; leaf lettuce, 40c to 50c 

 case; head lettuce, $2.50 to $8 bbl.; to- 

 matoes, $1 to $4 case. 



Boston, January 29. — Cucumbers, $3 

 to $12 a hundred; lettuce, 30c to 60c 

 doz. ; tomatoes, 35c lb. ; parsley, $1.50 

 box; mushrooms, $1 to $2 per four- 

 pound basket; mint, 50c to 60c doz. 



New York, January 29. — Boston cu- 

 c\jmber8, $1.25 to $1.75 doz; head let- 

 tuce, 25c to 85c doz.; radishes, $2 to 

 $3.25 100 bunches; mushrooms, 10c to 

 60c lb. ; tomatoes, 15c to 40c lb. ; rhu- 

 barb, 50c to 75c doz. bunches; mint, 75c 

 to $1 doz. 



CUCUMBERS. 



With the growers of cucumbers the 

 most troublesome part of the year will 

 soon be over. As the brighter days ar- 

 rive, they make freer growth, flower 

 freer and, on account of the pollen ma- 

 turing better, the setting of the flowers 

 is considerably facilitated. Where hand 

 pollination is necessary it can be done 

 almost every day now, as the strength 

 of the sun makes it necessary to give 

 more air and insures the thorough dry- 



ing of the pollen, which not only works 

 freer but accomplishes its function bet- 

 ter, thus insuring a larger percentage of 

 fertilized flowers. Insects, also, begin to 

 move around as the weather becomes 

 warm and materially assist in the work 

 of pollination. 



The only drawback to the brighter 

 and warmer weather is that insect pests 

 are apt to become more troublesome, 

 especially thrips and red spider. These 

 little beggars cause endless annoyance, 

 as they are without doubt the two hard- 

 est insect enemies to destroy of all the 

 legion that infest greenhouses. On 

 plants with harder foliage, they can be 

 kept down with hard and frequent 

 syringing, but the leaves of the cucum- 

 ber are so tender and easily lacerated 

 that water cannot be applied with suffi- 

 cient force to dislodge them; hence, the 

 necessity of using some sort of insecti- 

 ckle and applying in the form of a 

 spray. 



We have found more benefit from the 

 uso of tobacco extract than anything we 

 liavo tried. This we make ourselves, for 

 cheapness, simply by soaking some 

 stems over night in a pail of water. In 

 the morning we strain oflf the liquid and 

 dilute to the proper strength, applying 

 with a sprayer so as to thoroughly wet 

 all the underside of the foliage. Applied 

 thus, about once a week as a precau- 

 tionary measure, the pests can be kept 

 f ro-n getting a foothold. 



Tt is hard to designate just the proper 

 strength to which to dilute the liquid. I 

 might say to the color of brandy, but 

 there is so much variation in both the 

 color and quality of this that it cannot 

 be taken as a guide, but by beginning 

 weak, to be on the safe side, and increas- 

 ing in strength as required, the operator 

 will soon get to know just what strength 

 the plant will stand and what strength 



